Topics

Like most men, I can bury a wad of dirty socks in the hamper from 30 paces. Swish. But the hamper is 3 feet tall, and no one is guarding me. A basketball rim is 10 feet, and some overtly caffeinated jerk is usually in my face. There lies my dilemma. Or at least one of them. My jumper, the one that once buried a three-pointer against the Globetrotters, seems to have abandoned me. White men can't jump, but they can often shoot a little, and I once nailed 25-footers like wads of dirty socks. Doctor, doctor, my jumper has lost its juice. Bob Thate is a specialist in such things. Remember when they used to call Jason Kidd "Ason Kidd," because he didn't have a J? I kidd...

Related "Jason Kidd" Articles

Like most men, I can bury a wad of dirty socks in the hamper from 30 paces. Swish.
But the hamper is 3 feet tall, and no one is guarding me. A basketball rim is 10 feet, and some overtly caffeinated jerk is usually in my face. There lies my dilemma. Or...

If another Lakers loss didn't excite you Wednesday, there was always Byron Scott versus Jason Kidd.
The Lakers coach couldn't quite hide his dislike for the Milwaukee Bucks coach before the game, a rift that went back more than a decade.
Kidd, the...

Byron Scott was in his first stint as a head coach when Jason Kidd happened.
The star of the New Jersey Nets at the time, Kidd reportedly tried to lead an uprising in the locker room to complain about Scott's coaching.
It likely led to the end of...

No one saw this coming.
Anybody who suggests they knew the Milwaukee Bucks would be a competitive team this season is not telling the truth.
But here the Bucks stand at 7-5 and in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, becoming the surprise team in the...

As expected, the Clippers made their first phone call to free-agent point guard Darren Collison when the NBA's free-agency period opened for business at 9:01 p.m. Pacific time Monday.
The Clippers made what was described as "just a cursory...

The Clippers have hired Lawrence Frank as an assistant coach after he reached a buyout agreement with the Brooklyn Nets. Frank had a trying season in which he clashed with Coach Jason Kidd and was demoted to compiling daily reports.
Frank, 44, had...

Surely the Lakers wanted to send Steve Nash to the sidelines with something better than this.
They might get another chance.
In one of the final dramas of a long-ago discarded season, Friday was supposed to be the last game of 2013-14, if not a...

Steve Nash will play Tuesday against Houston even though his back might flare up any moment and the Lakers have been eliminated from playoff contention for almost four weeks.
He thinks he knows why.
Nash is only five assists shy of taking over third...

The Lakers competed for a half at Staples Center on Tuesday night, long enough for Steve Nash to pass Mark Jackson on the NBA's all-time assists list, but the Houston Rockets demolished the Lakers in the second half, 145-130.
Nash climbed to 10,335,...

With just five games remaining in the season, Mike D'Antoni laughed at the fact he finally now has Steve Nash and Jordan Farmar back in the lineup.
"You either have them all or none," D'Antoni said Tuesday before the Lakers played the Houston...

On Tuesday night, Steve Nash overcame Mark Jackson on the NBA's all-time assist list, dishing a pass to Jodie Meeks for a dunk with 2 minutes 13 seconds left in the first half as the Lakers battled the Houston Rockets at Staples Center.
Nash entered...

It could always be worse. The Lakers could have been pounded into a sad corner of team history with Dwight Howard in Houston's lineup.
So they got hit with the next worst thing, losing to the Rockets without the injured Howard, 145-130, and clinching...

The phone calls and text messages will presumably be coming soon, if not already, from the old friend and the sage coach who want to team up with Derek Fisher one more time.
Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles alongside Fisher and nearly a sixth thanks to...

LeBron James scored 22 points, Chris Bosh had 18 and the Miami Heat took a 2-0 lead in its Eastern Conference semifinal series by beating the Brooklyn Nets, 94-82, on Thursday night at Miami.
Dwyane Wade had 14 points and Ray Allen scored 13 for the...

The Lakers have officially hired Byron Scott as their next coach, ending a search of almost three months by choosing a familiar name to Lakers followers.
He comes with a built-in advantage over the last two Lakers coaches because he didn't replace Phil...

Larry Drew took the high road Thursday following his unceremonious replacement two days earlier as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
When Jason Kidd's apparent power play in Brooklyn failed, the Bucks swapped two second-round draft picks to acquire the...

Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks have agreed on what could be the final contract for the big German.
A person with knowledge of the deal told the Associated Press on Thursday that Nowitzki would get a three-year contract worth roughly $30 million....

In one of the more bizarre developments in recent NBA history, Jason Kidd lost 21 of his first 31 games as a rookie coach with the Brooklyn Nets, rallied his team to make the Eastern Conference finals ... and is now reportedly headed to the Milwaukee...

Quickly moving on from the Jason Kidd fiasco, the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday hired Lionel Hollins to be their next coach, according to multiple reports.
The Nets may have upgraded with the move, bringing in a more established and respected coach who...